Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-03-24
THE GRAND JURY Law.

Text Of the New Law Relating to Grs nd
Juries.
Following is the new Grand Jury law as
passed b.. the Legislature and approved by
the Governor:
BE It enacted 6y the Legislature of the STATE OF
Section l. That section % Of an act entitled
IAN act to establish code OF criminal proceed
urc. being chapter 81 OF the general statutes OF
1858, be amended so as to read as follows: SEQ
ton 3D. grand jury shall hereafter be ordered
drawn, summoned and required to attend al
least two regular terms in each year of the dis
trict court of every organized county in the
State in which terms of court are held When
there are more than two regular terms OF court
held in any county in one year the grand jury
shall be required to attend the first and
third terms, and At such other terms
as may be ordered by the judge Of the
district court; said jury shall be drawn upon
the written order of the judge OF the district
court, which shall be made and filled with the
county clerk OF the proper county; Prov ided,
That whenever petition signed by at least 2N
taxpayers OF the county, praying for the draw
ing and summoning OF the grand jury, shall bs
presented to the judge Of the district court u,
least twelve days before the commencement Of
any term at which a grand jury would not be 70
quired to attend under this act, the said Judge
shall order grand jury to be drawn for said
term. The grand jury provided for in this sec.
ton shall be drawn and summoned in the Sam
manner as juries for the district court.
Section 2. That section "a of chapter 81
the general statutes OF 1868 lie amended 50 a.
to read: Section "a. There shall be fifteen grand
jurors summoned and sworn on any grand jury
and from the persons summoned to serve as
grand jurors and appearing, the judge CT the
court shall appoint a foreman, and in every case
when any person appointed foreman shall be
discharged or excused before the grand jury
shall be dismissed, the judge shall appoint
foreman in his place. In case any grand juror
fails to attend or is discharged, his place shall
be filled by talesman, to be selected by the
judge.
Section g. That section 80 OF chapter g. OF
the general statutes Of 1858 be amended 50
as to read: Section 90. When an indictment
is presented by the grand jury, the names
OF all the material witnesses known at
the Il ne to the public prosecutor must be in
dorsed upon the Indictment but the names OF
other witnesses may afterwards be Endorsed on
said indictment before or during the trial as the
court may by rule or otherwise prescribe. and
said witnesses be subpenaed by the State: but
unless the names of such witnesses as wers
known to the public prosecutor before the com
mencement Of the trial be Endorsed on the in
dlctment, no continuance shall be granted to
the State on account Of absence Of any witness
whose name is not thus Endorsed.
Section That in counties having pcpuls
ton Of less than sixteen thousand inhabitants
grand jury shall be required to attend only at
the first term of court in each year, unless pcti
toned for and ordered as hereinbeforc pro
vided.
Section 5. That the original sections IS, "a and
80 Of chapter So of the general statutes Of 1869
and sections "a and = Of said chapter 81 OF the
general statutes Of 1858. be and the same ara
hereby repealed.
Section 6. This act shall take effect and DO u
force tom and after its publication In the on
cial State paper.